Instagram Announces Two New Feed Options

Instagram has one thing for many who miss the nice ole days of social media when your feed merely confirmed posts in chronological order. 

The common image-sharing social app simply introduced two new feed choices for customers, one among which brings again chronological scrolling, in keeping with a weblog put up by mum or dad firm, Meta.

The new Following feed possibility is strictly what it feels like. It reveals photos by these you observe within the order by which they have been initially posted. This is how social media websites operated earlier than algorithms began deciding what posts we might wish to see and the order we might wish to see them in. 

There is a second feed possibility, and it is also fascinating. Instagram is asking it Favorites, and like Following, it’s precisely what it feels like. It reveals posts by customers you have got favorited. 

The characteristic permits individuals to star, or favourite, as much as 50 accounts, and their posts will present up increased in the principle feed or solely in a devoted “Favorites” feed. The favorites listing is non-public and won’t be seen to anybody else, in case you’re embarrassed by your 50 favourite Instagram cats. 

It’s not all sunshine and roses on the planet of Instagram, nonetheless, as head government Adam Mosseri famous within the weblog put up that “over time, we’re going to add more recommendations to your feed based on your interests.” This seemingly means extra posts by accounts you do not observe, together with adverts. 

The new feed choices can be found in Instagram’s newest updates for iOS and Android customers.